They should also check out Konami Wai Wai World on the Famicom as well. It has a bunch of Konami characters like Simon Belmont and King Kong (from this game!) and Mikey from that Goonies game. I think they would like it.

Great video. You’re right about saying if we were like 10 and had this game we would have loved it, as I myself am also a huge classic monsters fan. The only close game I can think of close to the original monsters for nes is Monster Party but obviously not “Official Universal Monsters” anyways I’m sure both of you already know this. But since Halloween is literally right around the corner again I am jacked up to see what this years MONSTER MADNESS will be. I would love to see some more 80s B cult horrors like THE NEST, THE VIDEO DEAD, CHOPPING MALL, or SEED PEOPLE (although that’s an early 90s one).

Hey James and Mike, I know you guys are big fans of “Castlevania” and Konami games. Have you guys ever thought about playing Konami’s “Getsu Fuma Den” which is “Castlevania” in Japanese folklore. Another Game I think you guys should play is “Konami Wai Wai World” which plays like Castlevania with 2 players, and features Konami characters and King Kong and Mikey Walsh from “The Goonies” as playable characters. Both of these games are Famicom exclusives but I think you two would enjoy these games.

Hi, James and Mike. Why don’t you try some RPGs on nes? There are so many great titles. Many of them are unexpectedly good. Unfortunately some of the best are never released in north america, like mother. But there are always fans translation and they do sell it some where on line (maybe illegal?).

Not sure you guys realize how much hope you bring to my life. I also find it funny that I always end up watching these at like 2 in the morning with ice cream. Complete accidental coincidences, I swear.

While you’re at modding console, you should definitively try to get your NES modded whith the NESRGB by ETim (an australian modder). This is the best quality you can get for a NES and it works perfectly with the Framemeister.

I modded mine myself a few weeks ago and I still cannot believe how amazing the overall image quality is !

James is always jealous when Mike talks about how good bootsie is. Like when mike said bootsie found the pattern to the spear wall on double dragon, and when he said bootsie can do the slot machine everytime in doki doki panic lol

Check out Monster in my Pocket by Konami for the NES as it is based off a toy line of the same name that took the idea of Micro Machines and applied it to monsters, including the classic Universal Monsters.

Plus, is a really fun 2-player, action-platforming co-op game that’s very quick to pick up and play.

This famicom video reminded me when I was younger and I owned black Famicom(looked same as yours, but it was black and had also turbo red buttons on controls). One day it stopped working and then I got Sega Genesis(ufo looking :p ) and I played all my famicom cartridges on it, even Super Mario. I don’t know if it’s normal, because back then it didn’t feel wrong, but now it feels odd that i could play Mario on Sega Genesis. I don’t own either console anymore.

The reason the FDS had a battery option was because outlets typically had only two spaces, which would provide for the TV and the Famicom….but then the disk system would be left high and dry. The Batteries let it work in case you couldn’t get another outlet or surge strip.

The reason for the Famicom Disk System having the option to be powered by batteries is to solve the problem that the SEGA CD and 32X had… running out of electrical outlets. I think the FDS can be powered by batteries for about a month.

Also, the carrying case for FDS discs is helpful, since you would carry them to stores with kiosks where you could purchase and install new games on your disk for much less than the cost of a cart! Keep in mind, ROM was very expensive in the 80’s and 90’s! That’s one of the reasons Nintendo tried selling games on disks instead of ROMs. Piracy was the reason that they quit.

I forced my big brother and cousin to see King Kong Lives in the theaters when it came out. They wanted to see the new Clint Eastwood movie Heartbreak Ridge. I was voted out 2 to 1, but I kept insisting. Finally they agreed. Man, if you saw their sour faces staring at me after we got out of seeing it. They kept saying, what a piece of shit! lol.

I had this mod done myself, and the picture quality is pure bliss. The semi-official guy to have this done if you are not experienced in modding/soldering is ‘Yurkie’ over at Atari Age. He did mine it was a perfect job with the SNES-style muilti-AV port out the back of the console.

The AV Famicom top is flat to retain compatibility with the FDS. The port on the front of the original Famicom is also used by the Japanese version of the Zapper and the Power Pad. Among many other accessories.

It’s best to use an adapter to play NES games on a Famicom vs Famicom games on an NES. This is because some Famicom games have enhanced audio chips and the NES lacks compatibility without modification to the system or the adapter.

Tiger Vision, in fact, was very much imbued in the 4 way legal battle with Universal, Nintendo and Coleco. Universal also bullied Coleco and Atari into agreeing to a royalty of sales for its Donkey Kong ports, but it turns out that Universal had no rights to begin with. The courts also ruled that Tiger had infringed Nintendo’s rights by cloning Donkey Kong. As a penalty, Universal had to pay Nintendo the $56k license fee that it originally collected from Tiger. Nintendo later received $1.8M in its counter suit with Universal.

Hey Mike! Glad to see you got a framemeister! IIRC the framemeister has RGB Input, so get a scart adapter for it and get RGB Scart Cables for compatible Consoles (Check http://retrorgb.com/), because RGB is the best you can get out of older consoles!

I didn’t read the comments to see if anyone else said this, but that “Soft Carry Case”… The “Soft” usually refers to “software” in Japanese, so rather than meaning you can carry the games softly, it means that it’s a case for carrying software. The more you know.

Mike! We exchanged a couple of comments re: the Framemeister earlier. While you’re getting a slight improvement, using composite is still a ways away.

Since you invested all that money in the unit, you’ve got to get RGB cables, at least for the consoles that natively support it. The NES will cost a bit to mod, but the SNES, Genesis, Saturn, PSX, etc, etc support it natively. You just need a cable and an adaptor.